Coupling a physiological grazer population model with a generalized model for vegetation dynamics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 263, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-102

  Pachzelt, Adrian ^a,d   Rammig, Anja ^b   Higgins, Steven ^c   Hickler, Thomas ^a,c,d  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

African ungulates; Herbivore population dynamics; Savannahs; Vegetation modelling

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN UNGULATES; FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITIES; SAVANNAH ECOSYSTEM; SAVANNAHS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BIOMASS; HERBIVORY; MIOCENE; NATURE RESERVE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; SAVANNA; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84878909626     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.04.025     Document Type: Article

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